The Spanish National Police last week arrested eight people involved in financial fraud using SIM swapping attacks. This group disguises itself as a bank or an organization trusted by victims, and they use traditional phishing techniques to obtain victims’ personal information and banking data. Criminals forge official authorization documents to pretend the victim’s identity, and then they go to the phone store to get the SIM card. After obtaining the SIM card they will receive a secure confirmation from the bank and withdraw money from the account.
Link: https://thehackernews.com/2022/02/spanish-police-arrest-sim-swappers-who.html
Yangyuan Lin
Leave a Reply